Amar Dedic

Amar Dedić (born 18 August 2002) is a Bosnian professional footballer. He plays as defender for Austrian Bundesliga club FC Red Bull Salzburg and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg
Dedić started playing football at a local club. Then he went to Sturm Graz youth in 2012. In 2015 he moved to Red Bull Salzburg's youth academy. There he played in all ranks. In August 2019 he signed his first contract with Red Bull Salzburg. He made his professional debut playing for Liefering against Amstetten on 26 July at the age of 16. On 19 June 2020, he scored his first professional goal in a triumph over Dornbirn.

He made his debut for Red Bull Salzburg in the cup match against Bregenz on 9 September.

In June 2021, he went on loan to Wolfsberger AC. In June 2022 he came back to Salzburg. In the 2022–23 season he became number 1 as right back. In the UEFA Champions League he played in all six group stage matches.

International career
Dedić represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at all youth levels. He was captain of the under-17 team.

In March 2022 he was called into the senior team for friendly games against Georgia and Luxembourg. He debuted against Luxembourg  on 29 March.

Career statistics

Club

+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueAustrian CupEuropeTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLiefering (loan)2019–202. Liga242––2422020–212. Liga260––260Total502––502Red Bull Salzburg2020–21Austrian Bundesliga001000102022–23Austrian Bundesliga27132803832023–24Austrian Bundesliga1333240205Total40474120598Wolfsberger AC (loan)2021–22Austrian Bundesliga32251–373Career total122812512014613

International

+Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsBosnia and Herzegovina202230202391Total121

Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dedić goal.
+List of international goals scored by Amar DedićNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition123 March 2023Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina43–03–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
Austrian Bundesliga: 2022–23

Honours
Austrian Champion: 2021
Austrian Cup: 2021

References

Category:2002 births
Category:Living people
Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:FC Liefering players
Category:Austrian football champions